Top trades by New Zealand Sharesight users — May 2025
Welcome to the May 2025 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot for New Zealand investors, where we look at the top 20 trades made by New Zealand Sharesight users. Below we will look at the top trades overall, plus the top trades in individual stocks, which allows us to observe the broader investment trends by Sharesight users in New Zealand, while also giving us an opportunity to zoom into the most popular stocks and the market-moving news behind them.
Top trades in May 2025
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This month, the top trades were strongly led by the Smartshares US 500 ETF (NZX: USF), followed by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA). It’s worth noting that there were significantly more buy trades in USF than any other trade by NZ customers, reflecting growing confidence after the S&P 500 hit its lowest point since 2020 in April, fuelled by tariff fears. It was a strong month for ETF trading overall, with 8 of the top 20 trades consisting of ETFs.
Most-traded stocks in May 2025
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This month’s top-traded stocks were led by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which saw its share price remain relatively flat throughout the month, lagging behind the rest of the ‘magnificent 7’. The top trades were followed by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), which saw its share price rise throughout the month, recovering from a rare dip in April.
Let’s look at some of the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
- Apple is lagging behind its magnificent 7 rivals
- Share price rises following dip caused by Trump’s tariff threats on foreign-made iPhones
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)
- NVIDIA share price surges on US-Saudi AI investment deal
- Revenue rises despite tariff uncertainty
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
- Tesla share price hits highest level since February
- Tesla share price is soaring, but some analysts see red flags
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
- Microsoft cuts workforce by 3% as it invests more resources in AI
- Microsoft dethroned by NVIDIA as world’s most valuable company
Infratil (NZX: IFT)
- Infratil reports NZ$261.3 million loss in its latest annual earnings report
- Plans to sell assets worth a billion dollars over the next year
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR)
- Palantir share price rises 8% on AI news
- Palantir reportedly enlisted to create master database on all Americans
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
- Alphabet shares plunge almost 7% on AI search threat
- Alphabet shares are down 16% from their high
Spark NZ (NZX: SPK)
- Former Spark directors sentenced to three years in prison for corruption
- Partners with Air NZ to launch NZ’s first 5G private network
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